Rail-joint



:Q L. KING.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1, :920.

Patented 511110 11921.,

m wva RAIL-JOINT.

Application filed October 7, 1820.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ISRAEL Lnvr KING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The invention seeks to provide, as its principal object, a rail joint whereby the connecting ends of adjoining rail sections are connected together without the use of angle plates or bolts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rail joint of this character which is simple in construction, strong and effective in operation and inexpenslve to manu-' facture.

Still other and further objects will appear as the invention is set forth in detail in the followin description.

To the exact construction in which it is shown and described, the invention is not to be restricted. The right is reserved to make such changes or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may demand, in so far as such changes or alterations are comprehended in spirit by the annexed claim.

ln the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved rail joint,

2 is a. section on the line 2-2 of Fi 1 g. 3 is a section on the line 33 of F i 1,

Fig. 4 is 'a perspective view of the end of one of the sections forming the joint inverted,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the end of the cotiperating section.

Referring to the drawin s, there are shown, the connecting ends or two rail sections A and B. The two sections at their connecting ends are made thicker in the web than elsewhere along their lengths, and these thickened portions of the two sections are designed to overlap in effecting the connection between them.

The tread and a part of the web are removed from the end of the section A, leaving a base longitudinal projection 1 which is relatively narrow as compared with the width of the base. This projection 1 is pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 7, 1921. Serial no. 415,312.

vided at its free end with lateral projections 2 and at points intermediate between the pro ect1ons 2and the body of the rail,.the bass projection l is further provided with lateral projections 3, these latter as well as the lateral projections 2 simulating the base of the rail body both in dimensions and shape.

To provide for connection with the section A, the connecting end of the section B is slotted longitudinally, leaving a slot 4 opening through the base. The section B is also lotted transversely across the slot 4, leaving the transverse recesses 5 and 6 whose depth is equal to the depth of the slot l and whose widths are equal to the lengths of the lateral projections 2 and 3, the slot 4 being of a width equal to the width of the base projection 1.

In attaching the two sections together, the section A is first set on the ties by appropriate spikes and the section B thereafter connected with it, the base projection 1 entering the slot 4% and the lateral projections 2 and 3 entering the transverse recesses 5 and 6 respectively. The joint itself is made secure with the tie by spiking the section B to the tie at those portions of the base flange of the section B standing between the transverse recesses 5 and 6 and the recess 6 and the end of the section. Thu the section B being secured to the tie at the joint, overlaps and holds in place the section A.

It may be observed that the joint provides for the effective interconnecting of the ends of adjacent rail sections without the use of angle plates or bolts therefor. It will also be observed that the interconnecting end of the sections are so formed that they may be easily made, the formation of the peculiar shaped end of each section being obtainable by a drop forging process or they may be also milled in the rails after the sections are rolled, thus providing an effective joint by a comparatively easy means of manufacture.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

In a rail joint, the combination of two rail sections having interconnecting ends, the one section having a portion of its tread removed to provide a longitudinal base projection, the said base projection having lateral projections at its free end and further lateral projections at intermediate positions between the first said lateral projections and the body portion of the rail, the longitudinal base projection being relatively narrow as compared with the width of the base of the section, the other" section being provided with a longitudinal slot opening through its base and being further provided withtransverse slots across the longitudinal slot, whereby the longitudinal base projection may rest in the longitudinal slot and the lateral projections rest in the transverse slots.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature. ISRAEL LEVI i ING. 

